Grant and revoke AWS access directly from Microsoft Teams in seconds

Check out this episode of the Five minutes to zero standing access video series to see how fast and secure AWS access can be—when approvals happen right inside Microsoft Teams.

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Learn how to configure just-in-time access workflows using the P0 bot, route approvals to the right team members, and automatically revoke cloud access after it’s no longer needed.

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In most organizations, temporary access to production environments is anything but temporary.

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A developer files a ticket to debug an issue. The request sits in a queue. Hours pass. Access is eventually approved - often with broader privileges than necessary. And once granted, the access lingers. No clear audit trail. No expiration. No accountability.

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When just-in-time (JIT) access becomes a ticketing problem, over-permissioned environments become the norm - and identity risk compounds silently.

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Why Just-in-Time access breaks down

On paper, temporary access should be easy:

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A user asks for access, someone approves, and the system revokes it when time’s up.

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But in practice, most JIT flows fail under pressure:

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• Requests are buried in Jira queues or Slack threads.
• Approvers lack context and visibility.
• Users bounce between consoles, chat apps, and dashboards.
• There’s no single source of truth for who has access - and for how long.

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This leaves security teams enforcing access through processes, not systems. And it leaves access hanging long after it’s needed.

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How it works

In this short clip, we show how to fix all of that - with P0’s MS Teams integration.

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You’ll learn how to:

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• Set up the P0 Teams Notifier and connect it to the right Teams channel
• Configure routing rules that define who can approve what
• Use the Teams bot to request temporary AWS access by selecting a policy, account, and duration
• Approve access directly inside Teams - with full context and expiration controls
• See the access take effect immediately in AWS (no page refresh tricks here)
• Revoke access when you’re done - manually or automatically

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After setup, users interact with the P0 bot directly in Microsoft Teams. A simple command - like request AWS policy - opens a structured form where they specify what they need, why, and for how long.

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Approvers receive a real-time notification in the configured Teams channel. They can approve or deny access with a single click, and they can set the access duration - whether 15 minutes or 4 hours.

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Once approved, access is granted live. In the video, we see the IAM and S3 “access denied” errors vanish as soon as the policy takes effect. Users can now explore what they need - with only the privileges they’ve been granted, for only the time they’ve been approved.

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And when the task is done? Access can be revoked immediately via the bot - or expires automatically when the approved duration runs out.

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Everything is visible in P0’s governance console. Everything is auditable.

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Why this matters

Most teams think they have JIT access under control - but what they really have is a fragmented mix of ticketing systems, tribal knowledge, and blind trust.

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P0 replaces that with a secure, scalable, system-enforced flow:

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• Developers get what they need without delay
• Approvers stay in control, with context and constraints
• Security teams gain real visibility and auditability
• And access always ends - either manually or automatically

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No browser plugins. No custom scripts. No Excel-based reviews.

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Just fast, governed access - from request to revocation - inside the tools your teams already use.

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See for yourself

If you’re tired of ticket-driven access, or worried about how much access is lingering in AWS, this video shows what a safer, smoother workflow looks like.

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